Clothes-frame



(No-Mode Lj SP. BURGESS.

CLOTHES FRAME.

No. 376,580. Patented Jan. 17, 1888.

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ATENr CLOTHES-FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part. of Letters Patent No. 376,580, dated January17, 1888.

' Application filed July 8, 1887. Serial No. 243,767. (No mode T allwhom, iii-may concerm.

Be it known that I, SAMUELF. BURGESS, of West Morris, in the county of'Litchfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and ImprovedClothes-Frame, of which the follow ing is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to a folding clothesframe; and it consists,principally, oftwo central braces connected to the upper ends of the enduprights of the frame, and connected, also, at their adjacent ends to acentral brace for spreading apart and bracing the center uprights.

The invention also consists of the construction, arrangement, andcombination of parts, all as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved clothesframe extended foruse,and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same folded.

A A and B B-represeut the end uprights of the clothes-frame, and G 0represent the central uprights. The uprights A are connected together attheir upper ends by the U-shaped wire a, on which they are hinged.

The uprights A A are also connected together by the flexible tapes orstrips Z), to prevent spreading too far, and said uprights are connectedto the central uprights, O, by several pivoted 'cross-pieces,D D,in theordinary manner. The end uprights, B B, are in'like man- .ner connectedtogether by the U shaped hingewire 0 and tape or strap (1, and areconnected to the opposite side of the centraluprights, G,

40 To the hinge-rods a 0, between the end upby the hinged cross-pieces EE, corresponding in number and position to the cross-pieces D.

rights, are connected the outer ends of the central braces, F. The inneradjacenteuds of these braces are connected by a U shaped wire, f, and onthe wire between the ends of the braces F is placed the center brace, G,which is adapted to be turned uponthe wire f to bring it to horizontalposition, as shown in Fig. 1, or to vertical position, as shown in Fig.2. When in thelatter position,the whole frame may be folded to theposition shown in Fig. 2. lVhen the frame is opened out to the positionshown in Fig. 1 for use, the brace G is to be turned to horizontalposition and its ends inserted in small sockets made in the centraluprights, 0, so that it spreads and forms alateral brace for the centraluprights, and also forms a base for the inner ends of the braces F,whichin turn brace the frame endwise.

When the frame is folded, the brace G is turned to vertical position,and the braces F fold in between the end uprights, A B, as shown clearlyin Fig. 2.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, wit-h the end uprights, A B, and central upright, 0,connected together by cross-pieces D E, of the braces F,

connected to the upper end of the end upright and to the central brace,G, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a clothes-frame, the center braces connected at their outer endsto the joined ends of the end uprights and connected at their inher endsby the wiref, on which the brace G is pivoted, substantially asdescribed.

SAMUELF. BURGESS. \Vitnesses:

EMMA AVERILL, GUY 0. FORD.

